A longtime Canton Township staple left last year, as Mary Hauk closed her family's 99-year-old farm and moved to Milan. With the farm closed, she vowed to keep the market open at Ford and Beck for customers looking for fresh produce and other goods.

But after a tough year, she decided last year would be the market's last. The market, 47453 Ford Road, will remain closed this year as she decided it wasn't financially viable to reopen.

"The last few years, it was going down, down, down," she said. "We tried to keep it there. It wasn't making enough money any more."

She decided last year to sell her family's farm on Ridge Road, which had been in operation for 99 years in Nankin Township (in present-day Garden City) and in Canton. She planned to keep the market open, which it was last year. But she announced in early May on Facebook that keeping the market, which had operated since 1993, wasn't in the cards for her or her family's future.

Despite the moving out to southern Washtenaw County, Hauk said she's still planning on selling products, though mostly in 2020 when they relaunch the market out in Milan. She said she hopes to sell Christmas items later this year, including wreaths and trees, from her family's new farm in Milan. She may even find a way to do a one-day pickle sale out of the farm this year.

Customers looking to keep tabs on the farm can do so by following it on Facebook or by checking the website, marysfarmmarket.com.

She said she'll miss the regular customers who would come in, and hopes they can still stay in touch if they're willing to head to Milan to pick up their goods.

"We miss our customers. That was the hardest part of closing it," she said. "If they want to come out to the farm, eventually, hopefully next year we'll have something set up."

Contact David Veselenak at dveselenak@hometownlife.com or 734-678-6728. Follow him on Twitter @davidveselenak.